The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Oxfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 46 38 37
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Software Engineer 4 17 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 0.849% 2.921% 3.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.899% 3.009% 3.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 7
Average daily rate £230 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £206 £225 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £254 £282 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £34.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £35.50
% change year-on-year
- +5.63%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
445 565 476
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.48% 97.08% 96.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 279 218
Average daily rate £350 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 76 65
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.00 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Software Engineer across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Software Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Software Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Oxford 0 3 £230 +2.22% 3
Witney - - - -
Abingdon - - - -
Banbury - - - -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (50.00%) QA
2 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
2 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow
4 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (10.00%) Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) ColdFusion
5 1 (10.00%) CMS
5 1 (10.00%) CSS
5 1 (10.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
5 1 (10.00%) MonoTouch
5 1 (10.00%) EPiServer CMS
5 1 (10.00%) EPiServer
5 1 (10.00%) Android
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (10.00%) Xamarin
5 1 (10.00%) Master Data Management
5 1 (10.00%) Mobile App

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
2 1 (10.00%) WPF
2 1 (10.00%) MonoTouch
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) ColdFusion
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Drupal
1 1 (10.00%) EPiServer CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Mobile
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (40.00%) Manual Testing
1 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
1 2 (20.00%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (10.00%) EPiServer
2 1 (10.00%) Xamarin
Oxfordshire, South East
We are looking for candidates to work as part of a team for a large multinational client on a contract basis for 6 months. Candidates will expect to...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £40 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013
Oxford, South East
Embedded C. VHDL. Linux. Windows Driver... Proven experience of programming in C/C++ Embedded software development experience. Practical Experience with, and knowledge of, the LTE and/or UTRAN...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £38 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
C++ Embedded C. VHDL. Linux... Proven experience of programming in C/C++ Embedded software development experience. Practical Experience with, and knowledge of, the LTE and/or UTRAN layer1...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The skill and experience required are: - Coding of Matlab and/or Simulink in C and a proven track record of adapting skills across various test rigs - Experience of...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £40 per hour
Posted: 12 June 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The skill and experience required are: - Coding of Matlab and/or Simulink in C and a proven track record of adapting skills across various test rigs - Experience of...
Computer Futures
Rate: £30 - £40 per hour
Posted: 13 June 2013